Convertible roll-film camera.



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APPLICATIGN FILED SEPT. i2, 1916- Patlltd D66. 18, 1917.

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CONVERTIBLE ROLL FILM CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I2, I9I6.

Patend De. 18, 1917.

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CONVERTIBLE BOLL-FILM CAMERA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917;

Application led September 12, 1916. Serial No. 119,671.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, RICHARD S. BUR- DETTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Convertible Roll-Film Camera, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to photography and has particular reference to roll film cameras.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and reliable means for adapting a standard roll film camera or kodak of any known make or design for use with roll films made for smaller cameras without in any way marring the camera. or interfering with its intended operation with the full sized film for vwhich ittended. n More definitely stated, I provide for a rol film camera a full sized film, but said carriers being adapted to receive thekspools for the smaller size of film.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for manipulating thecarriers and to hold them from rotation While the smaller rolls are used therein.

A futher object of the invention `is to provide a tension device to control the rotation of the smaller film rolls in the carriers.

A still furtherobject is to provide a mask or shield to be introduced into the back o f the camera and having an exposure opening corresponding to the size of the film to be substituted for the regular size film, said mask also serving to hold the smaller film in proper focal plane so as to requireno special adjustment or focusing with respect to the position of the film.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of ,construction disclosed or suggested herein,

still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like n. reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- F lgure 1 1s a rear elevation of a camera g, Fig.

drawings, I show in the main was .me

air of carriers resembling in size and outslde form the spools for'the' embodying my improvements, the back being removed;

Fig. 2 isa horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; y

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail of the winding roll and its carrier' Fig. 5 is a detail view indicating the construction of the spool gudgeons;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the mask or shield with the cover partially open showing the exposure opening ofthe mask;

is a perspective view of one of the spool carriers; and

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective of the portion of the gudgeon shown in Fig..5.

Referring now more particularl to, the gures a Well known type of roll film camera including a'frame 10, lens mechanism 11, and back 1,2. In this connection I wish it tobe plainly understood that the improvements referred to more in detail hereinafter are not dependent upon any particular size, make or design of roll film camera.

From what has been stated above, it will be understood that the primary and broad purpose of this invention is to provide a means whereby the standard film rolls intended to be used in the roll chambers 13 and 14 may be dispensed with when desired and smaller rolls accommodated in .f said chambers. To-this end, therefore, I provide a pair of spool carriers 15 and 16 having a length and general outside form corresponding to the standard spools Vor film rolls intended to be used in this particular frame. These spool carriers 15 and 16 are substantially alike in size, form and construction with the possible exception that the carrier 15 may be the only one adapted to be manipulated in winding through the usual linger gj?, Y 1,25 i F il S S which Willibc understood being of standard construction and adapted to be pivoted in place in the usual manner, with the exception that in this instance the spools are pivoted within the spool carriers instead of directly in the chambers 113 and l-Ll. ln cach of the heads 19 and 520 is litted a gudgeon 2l adjustable lengthwise of the carrier, but limited in its movement by means of a lool; screw 22 or its equivalent extending into a wide grooveQl. rll`he inner end of each of the gudgeons consists of or includes a projection, either a tongue 24 or a pintlc 25, these features being similar 'to corresponding features 2l and 25 as ordinarily used. To introduce the spool S into one of the carriers, the gudgeons are moved endwise so as to admit the spool directly into the space between the heads 19 and 2O and then the gudgeons are moved toward each other so as to lock the spool in place. The spool carrier Will then be introduced into the chamber in the camera frame in the usual manner. Any suitable form of catch. or friction device, such as indicated at 2G, may be employed to hold the gudgeons xtended temporarily While the spool is b V introduced.

lVhen the carrier is slipped into its place, and-the usual pivoting means .ifor the spool are applied to the gudgeons 2l, the carrier Will be held from rotation by any suitable means such, for example, as a lug- 27 formed on the barrel 1S and adapted to cooperate With any suitable corner or projection of the camera, as indicated at 28. lt will be understood, however, that the gudgeons will be free to rotate with the spool in a manner precisely identical with the rotation of the usual ilm spool.

At 29 l show a combined linger piece and tension device. This device is shown in the nature of a leaf spring and secured rigidly at one end at 30 to one edge of the loarrelv and projecting outwardly therefrom, as shown best in Fig. 7, forming,` a narrow V- shaped finger piece for manipulating the carrier into or out of its place. l`he free end portion of the device 29 extends into the barrel in the form of an arc of a circle at 31 and serves to bear frictionally against the roll of film to control the movement of the spool or the unwinding of the lilm therefrom. Said free end of the spring 251 tends to occupy a position close to or adjacent the axis of the spool, but when the. spool is inserted into the carrier the spring is more or less straightened.

The mask above referred to is represented parts may always be properly correlated.

The frame may be held in place inthe back ot the camera frame by means of a spring C55 or its-equivalent, so that when the back lil oit' the camera is not in place the mask will not fall out of position. rThe mask also includes a rear cover 36 shown as a flat panel hinged at 37 along its upper edge to the upper portion of the frame and adapted to lie liatly'against the back of the frame so as to hold the 'ilm l*1 'atly in place between the cover and the frame at the ex-l posure opening. rlhis action of the cover 36 is made more secure or reliable by virtue of a light leaf spring against which the camera. back l2 operates. By this means the lilni will be held securely in. the proper focal plane. This cover is provided with a. peep hole 39 for the usual purpose. and lil-:e- Wise the nach 12 may be provided with one or more additional peep holes 40 to register with the holes 39 of the various sites"` ot ,2. 'lhe herein described spool carricrl'for film cameras, the same comprising a. pair ota heads, means to hold the heads in deiinite spaced relation in axial alinement lwith each other to accommodate a small film roll hetween them, a pair of gudgeons `iournaled yco-axially of each other in said heads.J said gudgeons being movable endwise or inanipulating the roll spool, and means control the endwise movement oi' said gudgeons.

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